Buckeye Cablevision filed a complaint with the FCC against...
Buckeye Cablevision filed a complaint with the FCC against Sinclair Broadcasting (SBG) alleging that the broadcaster violated its duty to negotiate a retransmission consent agreement. Due to a retransmission consent disagreement, Sinclair station WNWO-TV, Toledo has been removed from Buckeye’s…
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lineup since Wednesday, Sinclair said in a news release (http://bit.ly/Mf5hRe). “While we are aware that Buckeye has been providing its subscribers with a monthly credit of 24 cents as a result of the absence of WNWO, obviously this represents a mere fraction of the value of WNWO’s programming,” it said. “Buckeye is not asking the FCC to dictate any particular outcome in this matter, but the FCC must confirm that SBG violated the rules when it terminated negotiations in this case,” the Buckeye complaint said (http://bit.ly/1dT94iu). Buckeye asked the commission to issue an order that includes finding that Sinclair breached its duty to negotiate for retransmission of the station in good faith and requiring Sinclair to immediately recommence good faith negotiations with Buckeye, it said.